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CELPIP Practice Reading: Reading for Information ID: #60133 Medium RC30

Read the following passage.

A. Of the more than two million known species of insects, honeybees have been the subject of more studies than all of the rest combined. Much of this time was not spent in a laboratory, studying the bee as an organism for the sake of science. Rather this time was invested because honeybees, due to their products including honey and wax, were, and still are great commodities. Honeybees are included as one of the few insects which are colonial, this group also includes some species of wasps, ants, and termites.

B. Bees have become the great interest of many, almost wholly due to the fact that they produce honey. Being less than twenty percent water, honey cannot support yeast, bacteria or microorganisms and is, therefore, a form of sugar that is completely resistant to spoiling. Honey is created by the refinement of nectar that the bees must collect from flowers. Once created, the majority of the honey is used as the main food source for the hive. Any extra honey can be harvested by the beekeeper and used for many tasks.

C. The life cycle of a honeybee exists in three distinct independent stages. Soon after the larval form, the secondary stage as pupae is reached. The adult bee may take the form of a worker, a drone, or a queen bee. It is common for worker bees to live up to nine days if their main task in life is heavy foraging. Conversely, workers that do menial tasks in the hive will survive for around three weeks.

D. Bees have the nearly unique task of keeping the world alive. Bees are the main factors within flower pollination. Without pollination, plants would be unable to reproduce and thereby would not be present for nourishing other animals within the food chain. Evolving from wasps nearly 100 million years ago, bees have become quite specialized in the tasks that they need to complete.

E. Not given in any of the above paragraphs.

Decide which paragraph, A to D, has the information given in each statement below. Select E if the information is not given in any of the paragraphs.

- 1.
Of more than two million known insect species, honeybees have been studied more than all the rest combined.

- 2.
After the pupal stage, the insect develops into an adult worker, drone, or queen.

- 3.
Bees evolved from wasps nearly 100 million years ago and became specialized for their tasks.

- 4.
Honey is less than twenty percent water, so it resists spoiling.

- 5.
Honey regularly freezes solid during harsh winters according to the passage.

- 6.
Honeybees have been the subject of more scientific study than other insects combined.

- 7.
Worker bees that forage heavily may live only about nine days, while hive workers may live about three weeks.

- 8.
Honeybees are colonial insects along with some wasps, ants, and termites.

- 9.
Without bees, no flower on Earth would ever be pollinated.

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